{"id":6051,"date":"2018-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/23\/voltaire-eh-mon-ami-qui-vous-a-dit-que-vous-descendez-en-droite-ligne-dun-franc\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:43:51","slug":"voltaire-eh-mon-ami-qui-vous-a-dit-que-vous-descendez-en-droite-ligne-dun-franc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/voltaire-eh-mon-ami-qui-vous-a-dit-que-vous-descendez-en-droite-ligne-dun-franc\/","title":{"rendered":"Voltaire : \u00ab Eh ! mon ami, qui vous a dit que vous descendez en droite ligne d&rsquo;un Franc\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><a title=\"louis xiv citations\" href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/lhistoire-en-caricatures-siecle-des-lumieres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" title=\"Louis xiv citations\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-3-23.jpg\" alt=\"Louis xiv citations\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\"><\/a>Voltaire, plume tout terrain, est aussi historien, comme Hugo, mais dans un tout autre genre, fond et forme. Culture et curiosit\u00e9 encyclop\u00e9diques, par ailleurs tr\u00e8s fran\u00e7ais d\u2019esprit, d\u2019o\u00f9 son int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation\/\">histoire<\/a> de France et sa pr\u00e9dilection pour le \u00ab\u00a0Si\u00e8cle de Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span>\u00a0\u00bb, qu\u2019il juge logiquement en homme de son temps. Le sens critique l\u2019emporte sur la passion\u00a0: le si\u00e8cle des Lumi\u00e8res est celui de la raison et de l\u2019intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/lhistoire-en-caricatures-siecle-des-lumieres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00c0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charger pour tout savoir.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0\u201cLes Francs dont nous descendons.\u201d Eh\u00a0! mon ami, qui vous a dit que vous descendez en droite ligne d\u2019un Franc\u00a0? Hildvic ou Clodvic, que nous nommons Clovis, n\u2019avait probablement pas plus de vingt mille hommes [\u2026] quand il subjugua environ huit ou dix millions de Welches ou Gaulois.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"51\" class=\"cit-num\">51<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/indexation\/\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/francois-marie-arouet-dit-voltaire\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> (1694-1778), <cite>Dictionnaire philosophique<\/cite> (1764). Juste remarque, \u00e0 la d\u00e9finition du terme de \u00ab\u00a0Francs\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Nos guerres civiles, sous Charles\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">VI<\/span>, avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 cruelles, celles de la Ligue furent abominables, celle de la Fronde fut ridicule.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"747\" class=\"cit-num\">747<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), <em>Lettres philosophiques<\/em> ou <em>Lettres anglaises<\/em> (1734)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Le cardinal de Retz se vante d\u2019avoir seul arm\u00e9 tout Paris dans cette journ\u00e9e, qui fut nomm\u00e9e des Barricades et qui \u00e9tait la seconde de cette esp\u00e8ce.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"774\" class=\"cit-num\">774<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), <em>Le Si\u00e8cle de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span><\/em> (1751). C\u2019est la Fronde (qui dure cinq ans). La premi\u00e8re fois (12\u00a0mai 1588), c\u2019\u00e9tait le duc de Guise et la Ligue des ultra-catholiques contre Henri\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">III<\/span>. D\u2019autres suivront, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 Mai 68.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> le re\u00e7ut comme un p\u00e8re et le peuple comme un ma\u00eetre.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"796\" class=\"cit-num\">796<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778) \u00e9voquant le retour de Mazarin apr\u00e8s la Fronde, 3\u00a0f\u00e9vrier 1653. <em>Le Si\u00e8cle de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span><\/em> (1751).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Non seulement il s\u2019est fait de grandes choses sous son r\u00e8gne, mais c\u2019est lui qui les faisait.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"816\" class=\"cit-num\">816<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778),<em> Le Si\u00e8cle de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span><\/em> (1751)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0La chute de ce ministre [Fouquet] \u00e0 qui on avait bien moins de reproches \u00e0 faire qu\u2019au cardinal Mazarin, fit voir qu\u2019il n\u2019appartient pas \u00e0 tout le monde de faire les m\u00eames fautes.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"859\" class=\"cit-num\">859<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), <em>Le Si\u00e8cle de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span><\/em> (1751)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Les troupes furent envoy\u00e9es dans toutes les villes o\u00f9 il y avait le plus de protestants\u00a0; et comme les dragons, assez mal disciplin\u00e9s dans ce temps-l\u00e0, furent ceux qui commirent le plus d\u2019exc\u00e8s, on appela cette ex\u00e9cution la \u00ab\u00a0dragonnade\u00a0\u00bb.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"898\" class=\"cit-num\">898<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), <em>Le Si\u00e8cle de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span><\/em> (1751). Ces exactions dur\u00e8rent cinq ans, pr\u00e9parant la r\u00e9vocation de l\u2019\u00e9dit de Nantes en 1685.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0La plaie de la r\u00e9vocation de l\u2019\u00e9dit de Nantes saigne encore en France.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"900\" class=\"cit-num\">900<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), <em>Correspondance<\/em> (Lettre au comte de Schouvalof, 30\u00a0septembre 1767).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> fit plus de bien \u00e0 sa nation que vingt de ses pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseurs ensemble\u00a0; et il s\u2019en faut beaucoup qu\u2019il f\u00eet ce qu\u2019il aurait pu.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"949\" class=\"cit-num\">949<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span> (1694-1778), <em>Le Si\u00e8cle de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span><\/em> (1751)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voltaire, plume tout terrain, est aussi historien, comme Hugo, mais dans un tout autre genre, fond et forme. Culture et curiosit\u00e9 encyclop\u00e9diques, par ailleurs tr\u00e8s fran\u00e7ais d\u2019esprit, d\u2019o\u00f9 son int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l\u2019histoire de France et sa pr\u00e9dilection pour le \u00ab\u00a0Si\u00e8cle de Louis XIV\u00a0\u00bb, qu\u2019il juge logiquement en homme de son temps. Le sens critique l\u2019emporte [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-citation-du-jour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13104,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions\/13104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}